MENTAL CAPACITY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mental capacity mean? 

• MENTAL CAPACITY (noun)
  The noun MENTAL CAPACITY has 1 sense:

1. mental ability

  Familiarity information: MENTAL CAPACITY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTAL CAPACITY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mental ability

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

brain; brainpower; learning ability; mental capacity; mentality; wit

Context example:

he's got plenty of brains but no common sense

Hypernyms ("mental capacity" is a kind of...):

intelligence (the ability to comprehend; to understand and profit from experience)

 Context examples 

By using a positive emotional tone during social interactions, parents can connect better with their infants, and stimulate development of their baby’s mental capacity.

(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)